EA Sports never stops to develop FIFA game series
Erizal LugmanFIFA was the first soccer game which had the an official license from FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) and this year, FIFA 13 has become one of the best football games in 2013.
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| FIFA first edition , source www.ibiblio.org |
The first game FIFA was released in 1993 and at the time called as FIFA International Soccer. It was released by EA sports (Electronic Arts) which had also several sports games such as American football and hockey.
FIFA International Soccer or was known as FIFA 94 was released in the 16-bit era consoles and used an isometric view. At that time there were few views in football games such as top-down view (Kick Off), side view (European Club Soccer), or bird's-eye view (Sensible Soccer). FIFA 94 provided only national teams and did not use a real player’s name. FIFA 94 used David Platt as the star cover.
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| (FIFA 96) the first 3-D graphics in FIFA, source: Olayveyaolgu.blogspot.com |
FIFA 98 was the special edition and called as FIFA Road to World Cup 98. This FIFA edition known as the first FIFA game series which applied the offside correctly compared to the previous FIFA series. This series was a special because used accurate team squads for national team call up when playing in the round qualification modes. Another new feature which introduced by FIFA 98 was the ability to change the referees strictness, for instance allowing few fouls without punishment. This series was the last FIFA game which released for the 16-bit consoles.
In FIFA 2001, a new feature that each team had their detail uniform and each player has their own unique face. This was the first time that some clubs had their official club emblems. The improvement of the players’ movement in this series was an intentional foul such as a dangerous tackle to grab the ball from the opponent.
FIFA 2003 introduced a new gameplay which was a different from the previous FIFA game series. this series introduced a new graphic feature more detailed of the stadiums, players and kits. Another feature was the fans in the stadium singing the unique chants and song. The remarkable improvement in FIFA 2003 was “Freestyle Control”, which the player could flick the ball and lay it off to team mate. FIFA 2003 was released for Playstation, Playstation 2 and X-Box and the cover stars were Roberto Carlos (Brazil), Ryan Giggs (Wales), and Edgar Davids (Holland).
American club teams were added in FIFA 2004 and secondary division in European major leagues in Europe was also added in this series. A new gameplay feature in this series was “ off the ball”, it means the player can control the second player to anticipate of a pass from the team-mate.
There was a popular mode which was introduced in FIFA 08 called “Be a Pro”. In this mode, the players could play as a single player in the field. Moreover, this mode provided for the player to play as a single player in a team from an amateur player to become a professional player. FIFA 08 added more clubs included the League of Ireland and the Hyundai A-League of Australia. FIFA 08 was the first FIFA series which could be played in Wii console.
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| FIFA 13, the best football game, source www.gameinformer.com |
1. Attacking Intelligence, the strikers in this FIFA series are smarter in positioning to break down the defender. Goalkeeping Intelligence is added also to improve the goalkeeper movement
2. Improvement in Players dribbling. There is 360-degree controlling ball and more creative trick in one on one situation
3. 1st touch control, this feature is to take advantage for the striker to get back the possession when a defender loss the ball because of poor touch
FIFA game series has made progress in each series to make one of the best games for the football games lovers. EA sports as the label of FIFA game series has mission to make the best football games. EA sports realized that the biggest challenge came from PES (Pro Evolution Soccer) Konami which provided more features and their movements more natural. As a result, to anticipate the challenge, FIFA 13 is the best football game ever made by EA Sports.
